BEST Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend feels smothered by texts

1:05 PM,
May 8, 2013

Girlfriend says saying I love you is better in person rather than via text.

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carolyn
Hax

QUESTION:I recently started dating "Mike." We have been dating for a few months, and we get along well and have fun together. But ...

Several times a day, Mike will text me how happy he is we are dating, then ask if I feel the same. If I don't respond with enough enthusiasm, he is hurt and assumes I am losing interest.

When I ask what he wants to do, he'll say, "I don't care, as long as I get to be with you," leaving me to make plans. And he always finds some way to be touching me - holding hands, arm around my waist, and so on. I am not very "touchy-feely." ...